Toyota expects software-defined cars to reach 10 million a year by 2030. South Africa isn’t prepared.
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Samro now requires members to disclose AI use in songs but sets no minimum human contribution.
The Cape Town start-up has filed US patent applications for technology aimed at AI voice-clone scams.
A previously committed amount of R3.8-billion for modernisation and for creditors still owed money was never released.
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Two Southern African nations switched on sovereign digital trust anchors this past fortnight, ahead of South Africa.
South Africa will extradite six Nigerian nationals suspected of involvement in cyberfraud to the US.
Caxton has told shareholders it is piloting AI in its newsrooms for copy editing as newspaper revenue keeps falling.
Safety researchers are quitting the biggest AI labs, warning nobody is coming to save us.
The Donald Trump administration is said to be seeking to counter the expansion of China’s Huawei Technologies in Africa.
A tender document issued by Sita makes facial recognition a hard requirement for body cameras, with no quantities set.
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Microsoft has announced that gaming head Phil Spencer is retiring after 38 years, in a major leadership shake-up.
A phone used by Teixeira Candido was infected with surveillance software from spyware vendor Intellexa.
Warner Bros Discovery has rejected Paramount Skydance’s latest hostile takeover bid, but has left the door open a crack.
Meta’s WhatsApp has been completely blocked in Russia for allegedly failing to comply with local law.
Google’s antitrust trial, like Microsoft’s, may have inadvertently spurred innovation by competitors, challenging its search dominance.
Litigation was instrumental in damaging Big Tobacco’s grip on the market in the 1990s. A similar approach is probably needed to stigmatise social media.
